Patents by Inventor Sébastien Boyer
Sébastien Boyer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230189787Abstract: A method for weeding crops includes, at an autonomous machine: recording an image at the front of the autonomous machine; detecting a target plant and calculating an opening location for the target plant longitudinally offset and laterally aligned with the location of the first target plant; driving a weeding module to laterally align with the opening location; tracking the opening location relative to a longitudinal reference position of the weeding module; when the weeding module longitudinally aligns with the first opening location, actuating the blades of the first weeding module to an open position; recording an image proximal to the weeding module; and in response to detecting the blades of the weeding module in the open position: calculating an offset between the opening location and a reference position of the weeding module, based on the image; and updating successive opening locations calculated by the autonomous machine based on the offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Thomas Palomares, Sébastien Boyer, Arthur Flajolet, Eric Stahl-David
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Patent number: 11596139Abstract: A method for weeding crops includes, at an autonomous machine: recording an image at the front of the autonomous machine; detecting a target plant and calculating an opening location for the target plant longitudinally offset and laterally aligned with the location of the first target plant; driving a weeding module to laterally align with the opening location; tracking the opening location relative to a longitudinal reference position of the weeding module; when the weeding module longitudinally aligns with the first opening location, actuating the blades of the first weeding module to an open position; recording an image proximal to the weeding module; and in response to detecting the blades of the weeding module in the open position: calculating an offset between the opening location and a reference position of the weeding module, based on the image; and updating successive opening locations calculated by the autonomous machine based on the offset.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: FarmWise Labs, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Palomares, Sébastien Boyer, Arthur Flajolet, Eric Stahl-David
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Patent number: 11237563Abstract: A method includes: at an autonomous vehicle and during a first operating period, capturing a first set of images of a plant; calculating a location of the plant based on the first set of images; extracting an initial value of a plant metric of the plant based on the first set of images; predicting a predicted value of the plant metric of the plant at a time based on the initial value of the plant metric of the plant and a set of global condition data. The method also includes, at the autonomous vehicle and during a second operating period concurrent with the time: capturing a second set of images of the plant; identifying the plant based on the second set of images and the location of the plant; and executing an agricultural operation on the plant based on the predicted value of the plant metric.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: FarmWise Labs, Inc.Inventors: Michael Javault, Pauline Canteneur, Arthur Flajolet, Sébastien Boyer, Thomas Palomares
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Publication number: 20210149406Abstract: A method includes: at an autonomous vehicle and during a first operating period, capturing a first set of images of a plant; calculating a location of the plant based on the first set of images; extracting an initial value of a plant metric of the plant based on the first set of images; predicting a time series of the plant metric of the plant based on the plant profile of the plant and a set of global condition data. The method also includes: generating a timing recommendation for an agricultural operation based on the plant profile of each plant in the set of plants, the timing recommendation designating a target time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Michael Javault, Pauline Canteneur, Arthur Flajolet, Sébastien Boyer, Thomas Palomares
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Publication number: 20210144903Abstract: A method includes: at an autonomous vehicle and during a first operating period, capturing a first set of images of a plant; calculating a location of the plant based on the first set of images; extracting an initial value of a plant metric of the plant based on the first set of images; predicting a predicted value of the plant metric of the plant at a time based on the initial value of the plant metric of the plant and a set of global condition data. The method also includes, at the autonomous vehicle and during a second operating period concurrent with the time: capturing a second set of images of the plant; identifying the plant based on the second set of images and the location of the plant; and executing an agricultural operation on the plant based on the predicted value of the plant metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Michael Javault, Pauline Canteneur, Arthur Flajolet, Sébastien Boyer, Thomas Palomares
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Publication number: 20210105995Abstract: One variation of a method for executing agricultural actions on an agricultural field includes: based a type of a crop planted on the agricultural field and a maturity of the crop, setting a nominal blade gap width of a weeding module installed in an autonomous agricultural vehicle; and, at the autonomous agricultural vehicle, while autonomously traversing the agricultural field, detecting a first target plant passing under the autonomous agricultural vehicle and aligned with the weeding module, triggering the weeding module to open a set of weeding blades to the nominal blade gap width at a nominal blade speed in response to the first target plant approaching the weeding module, and triggering the weeding module to close the set of weeding blades in response to the first target plant passing the weeding module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Thomas Palomares, Sébastien Boyer, Arthur Flajolet, Eric Stahl-David
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Publication number: 20210034057Abstract: A method for detecting real lateral locations of target plants includes: recording an image of a ground area at a camera; detecting a target plant in the image; accessing a lateral pixel location of the target plant in the image; for each tool module in a set of tool modules arranged behind the camera and in contact with a plant bed: recording an extension distance of the tool module; and recording a lateral position of the tool module relative to the camera; estimating a depth profile of the plant bed proximal the target plant based on the extension distance and the lateral position of each tool module; estimating a lateral location of the target plant based on the lateral pixel location of the target plant and the depth profile of the plant bed surface proximal the target plant; and driving a tool module to a lateral position aligned with the lateral location of the target plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Arthur Flajolet, Eric Stahl-David, Sébastien Boyer, Thomas Palomares
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Patent number: 10845810Abstract: A method for detecting real lateral locations of target plants includes: recording an image of a ground area at a camera; detecting a target plant in the image; accessing a lateral pixel location of the target plant in the image; for each tool module in a set of tool modules arranged behind the camera and in contact with a plant bed: recording an extension distance of the tool module; and recording a lateral position of the tool module relative to the camera; estimating a depth profile of the plant bed proximal the target plant based on the extension distance and the lateral position of each tool module; estimating a lateral location of the target plant based on the lateral pixel location of the target plant and the depth profile of the plant bed surface proximal the target plant; and driving a tool module to a lateral position aligned with the lateral location of the target plant.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: FarmWise Labs, Inc.Inventors: Arthur Flajolet, Eric Stahl-David, Sébastien Boyer, Thomas Palomares
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Publication number: 20200073389Abstract: A method for detecting real lateral locations of target plants includes: recording an image of a ground area at a camera; detecting a target plant in the image; accessing a lateral pixel location of the target plant in the image; for each tool module in a set of tool modules arranged behind the camera and in contact with a plant bed: recording an extension distance of the tool module; and recording a lateral position of the tool module relative to the camera; estimating a depth profile of the plant bed proximal the target plant based on the extension distance and the lateral position of each tool module; estimating a lateral location of the target plant based on the lateral pixel location of the target plant and the depth profile of the plant bed surface proximal the target plant; and driving a tool module to a lateral position aligned with the lateral location of the target plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Arthur Flajolet, Eric Stahl-David, Sébastien Boyer, Thomas Palomares
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Publication number: 20200000081Abstract: A method for weeding crops includes, at an autonomous machine: recording an image at the front of the autonomous machine; detecting a target plant and calculating an opening location for the target plant longitudinally offset and laterally aligned with the location of the first target plant; driving a weeding module to laterally align with the opening location; tracking the opening location relative to a longitudinal reference position of the weeding module; when the weeding module longitudinally aligns with the first opening location, actuating the blades of the first weeding module to an open position; recording an image proximal to the weeding module; and in response to detecting the blades of the weeding module in the open position: calculating an offset between the opening location and a reference position of the weeding module, based on the image; and updating successive opening locations calculated by the autonomous machine based on the offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Thomas Palomares, Sébastien Boyer, Arthur Flajolet, Eric Stahl-David
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Patent number: 10455826Abstract: A method for weeding crops includes, at an autonomous machine: recording an image at the front of the autonomous machine; detecting a target plant and calculating an opening location for the target plant longitudinally offset and laterally aligned with the location of the first target plant; driving a weeding module to laterally align with the opening location; tracking the opening location relative to a longitudinal reference position of the weeding module; when the weeding module longitudinally aligns with the first opening location, actuating the blades of the first weeding module to an open position; recording an image proximal to the weeding module; and in response to detecting the blades of the weeding module in the open position: calculating an offset between the opening location and a reference position of the weeding module, based on the image; and updating successive opening locations calculated by the autonomous machine based on the offset.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: FarmWise Labs, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Palomares, Sébastien Boyer, Arthur Flajolet, Eric Stahl-David
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Publication number: 20190239502Abstract: A method for weeding crops includes, at an autonomous machine: recording an image at the front of the autonomous machine; detecting a target plant and calculating an opening location for the target plant longitudinally offset and laterally aligned with the location of the first target plant; driving a weeding module to laterally align with the opening location; tracking the opening location relative to a longitudinal reference position of the weeding module; when the weeding module longitudinally aligns with the first opening location, actuating the blades of the first weeding module to an open position; recording an image proximal to the weeding module; and in response to detecting the blades of the weeding module in the open position: calculating an offset between the opening location and a reference position of the weeding module, based on the image; and updating successive opening locations calculated by the autonomous machine based on the offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Thomas Palomares, Sébastien Boyer, Arthur Flajolet, Eric Stahl-David